Wetlands Are Wonderlands. Leader/Teacher Guide and Member/Youth Guide. 4-H Marine Education Series-1.

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Title: Wetlands Are Wonderlands. Leader/Teacher Guide and Member/Youth Guide. 4-H Marine Education Series-1.
Language: English
Authors: Meenen, Kimberly, Goettel, Robin G., Illinois Univ., Urbana. Cooperative Extension Service.
Availability: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, University of Illinois, 65 Mumford Hall, 1301 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 58
Publication Date: 1992
Sponsoring Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC), Rockville, MD. National Sea Grant Program.
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Definitions, Depleted Resources, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Habitats, Instructional Materials, Land Use, Laws, Learning Activities, Natural Resources, Teaching Guides, Values, Water Resources, Wetlands
Abstract: This guide, for a 4-H wetlands project, is designed for sixth to eighth grade youth and their leaders interested in learning and doing aquatic science activities that can help the environment. The project provides basic wetland information with one or more activities for each of six sections: (1) What is a wetland?; (2) value of wetlands; (3) wetland types; (4) products from wetlands; (5) wetland destruction; and (6) wetland regulation. Also provided is a wetlands reference list and project record sheet. The leader/teacher guide contains additional information for each activity section, answers to both the question and discussion sections, background information, sources for teaching aids and further information, and a project evaluation form. (Author/MCO)
Entry Date: 1993
Accession Number: ED356969
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This guide, for a 4-H wetlands project, is designed for sixth to eighth grade youth and their leaders interested in learning and doing aquatic science activities that can help the environment. The project provides basic wetland information with one or more activities for each of six sections: (1) What is a wetland?; (2) value of wetlands; (3) wetland types; (4) products from wetlands; (5) wetland destruction; and (6) wetland regulation. Also provided is a wetlands reference list and project record sheet. The leader/teacher guide contains additional information for each activity section, answers to both the question and discussion sections, background information, sources for teaching aids and further information, and a project evaluation form. (Author/MCO)